Wild Beast (Chinese novel)
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Wild Beast is a 1991 novel by Wang Shuo
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It stars Ma Xiaojun (马小军), a son of a military official who roams around Beijing
during one summer.
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Song Wen wrote Wild Animals, a graphic novel version. Yen Press
publishes the graphic novel version.
Wang Shuo
Wang Shuo is a Chinese author, director, actor, and cultural icon. He has written over 20 novels, television series and movies. His work has been translated into Japanese, French, English, Italian, and many other languages...
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It stars Ma Xiaojun (马小军), a son of a military official who roams around Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
during one summer.
Adaptations
The film version is titled In the Heat of the SunIn the Heat of the Sun
In the Heat of the Sun is a 1994 movie directed by Jiang Wen. This was Jiang Wen's first foray into directing after years as a leading man. The film is based on author Wang Shuo's novel Wild Beast .-Synopsis:...
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Song Wen wrote Wild Animals, a graphic novel version. Yen Press
Yen Press
Yen Press is the manga and graphic novel imprint of Hachette Book Group. In addition to their regular book releases, Yen Press produces a monthly anthology called Yen Plus. The company's varied list demonstrates an interest in publishing a wide variety of Japanese manga, Korean manhwa, and other...
publishes the graphic novel version.